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ABHE and ATS Accreditation Evaluation Team Visits

Briercrest Staff
| Sep 24, 2013

Briercrest College and Seminary will be hosting a comprehensive accreditation visit by a team of evaluators from the Association for Biblical Higher Education (ABHE) October 7-9, 2013 to determine its compliance with the standards for accreditation. During the visit, representatives of the ABHE team will entertain comments from the public. Any members of the public interested in making a presentation regarding the College to the team should contact the College at the following telephone number (306-756-3360) or email address (BCS_Fall2013_Accreditation_Review@briercrest.ca) to determine a meeting time. Persons wishing to submit third party comments related to the institution may send them to Director, Commission on Accreditation, 5850 T.G. Lee Blvd., Suite #130, Orlando, FL, 32822. Persons interested in reviewing the standards for accreditation will find them on the ABHE website at www.abhe.org. They appear under “about accreditation.” The institution is subject to the “Comprehensive Integrated Standards for Institutional Accreditation.”

During the same week (October 8-10) Briercrest will also host an accreditation visit by a team of evaluators form the Association of Theological Schools (ATS). The representatives from ATS will be on campus to review Briercrest Seminary’s compliance with standards for accreditation. For further information about the work of the ATS team, including the submission of third party comments or a possible meeting with evaluators, please contact the College at the following telephone number (306-756-3360) or email address (BCS_Fall2013_Accreditation_Review@briercrest.ca).

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